First Fairmined-certified issue at Paris
Monnaie de Paris has struck its first issue certified according to the Fairmined standard. The gold for the 50-euro collector coin commemorating the end of WWI 100 years ago comes from mining companies that provide securer and healthier working standards.
Mini-medal: France FIFA World Champions
France won the FIFA World Cup title for the second time after 1998. Monnaie de Paris issues a mini medal in nordic gold on that occasion.
What is Money?
What is Money? Money is more than coins and bills. Anything may be used as money as long as it embodies certain characteristics and is accepted by a larger group. What kind of characteristics are required? You will learn that in this film.
Crystal Skull
CIT Coin Invest AG continues its successful “Skulls” series. This latest silver coin impresses most notably with its complex manufacturing process. Both the powerful symbolism and the new technologies used in production make this coin truly unique.
How Athens financed its art
Since ancient times, the Acropolis in Athens has been regarded as an artistic climax in European history. But even then such projects cost vast sums of money. Athens obtained this money through political extortion and its ruthlessly applied naval force.
Italy cracks down on smuggling ring
In a wide-ranging raid, Italian police have successfully cracked down on a smuggling ring. Allegedly, the arrested members excavated antiquities illegally and then shipped them abroad to be sold. Arrests were made in other countries, too.
Lavish costumes – not only on coins
Did you ever want to see those lavish papal vestments you know from coins and medals in real life? Then don’t miss the Met exhibition “Heavenly Bodies”. Of course, that also applies if you are interested in fashion generally as you’ll find creations by modern designers, too!
Contemporary medals on display at New York gallery
“TEXTURE TEMPERATURE WEIGHT” at Medialia Gallery, New York, shows over a hundred medallic sculptures created by members of the American Medallic Sculpture Association.
New chapters of the Banknote Book released
Exactly seven years after the initial release, creator and editor Owen W. Linzmayer has announced the publication of ten new chapters of The Banknote Book. The catalogue of banknotes from all over the world now contains 265 chapters.
Monea expands its coin blank production in Kremnica
Monea has taken up the fully integrated production with all manufacturing steps in-house in its blank production facility in Kremnica. At the heart of the expansion is a modern galvanizing plant. This was only possible in such a short time because of modern technology implementation.